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US leather percussion cap box with double sewn loops (missing) and US stamped into outer flap. The percussion cap box was worn on the right front of the soldiers belt and held copper percussion caps. The caps contained mercury fulminate and made a...

The top of this container is labeled "The Holmes Booth & Haydens Co., Manufacturers New York" and "Round Heads". It features a star with a 4 inside it. This container likely held brass fasteners. Included with the container is a note that says...

The map is a reproduction from unknown origin. It indicates railroads completed, in construction, and proposed; topographical features; cities and towns; rivers, creeks and streams; the border states of Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, and North...

Scalloped and stamped copper or brass tag with the all-seeing eye above 3 chain links, the Oddfellows insignia with "FLT" in links (Friendship, Love, Truth), excavated in western Washington County, Tenn.

Pendulum hausse sight for a Napoleon cannon. It is probably Confederate because of the high copper content. Found in West Harpeth River, South of Nashville, at the site of the old bridge crossing, possibly a relic of the Confederate; retreat from...

Map of Tennessee referring to the mineral and agricultural resources of the state, featuring a table of the geological formations of the state, as well as an inset map of Tennessee copper mines. Shows location of furnaces, rolling mills, forges,...

Leather fold-over coin purse and United States matron head one-cent coin. The purse is tattered, and has a distinct imprint from the coin. The back of the coin has been polished smooth. There is a square hole punched in the 9 o'clock position. It...

Large brick school building, set in the Ducktown Basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains. It contains nuerous doors and windows. Etched in stone above the main doorway is "Kimsey Junior College." Above another entranceway, at the end of the...

Jefferson Casey Savage, who served under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest during the Civil War, carried this copper powder flask with a shell pattern. Savage was from Hardeman County, Tenn. According to family records, Savage joined Capt. Wilson's...

Characteristic of Mexican War service, this powder flask was issued by US military for use with a Mississippi rifle carried by Jefferson Davis' regiment. The "Peace Flask" designation comes from the clasped hands insignia on the front.